Miasm Chart

KEY WORD		MIASM	CRITERIAS
IRRITATION		PSORA	LACK, SCANTY & ABSENCE
Either physical or mental			e.g. atrophy, anaemia, ataxia, anorexia etc.
Physical	Mental
Physical irritation is characterised by itching	Mental irritation leads to mental turmoil characterised by		Therefore any diseased condition characterised by deficiency, scantiness or absence, and all ‘hypo’ conditions reflect psora
e.g. itching all over the body	e.g. anxiety alertness apprehension (especially of impending misfortune), which manifests as fear. Psora has the most fears of all the miasms.		So deficient immunity resulting in increased susceptibility to catch infections i.e. ‘hyper sensitivity’ is a psoric criterion.
KEY WORD		MIASM	CRITERIAS
INCOORDINATION		SYCOSIS	HYPER
Either physical or mental
Physical	Mental		All hypers and excesses are sycotic.
Incoordination in development	Incoordination in the sensorium or comprehension		e.g. hypertrophy, hyperplasia, hypersexuality, excess working (workaholics).
Proliferation or excess	e.g. absentmindedness
e.g. tumours, fibroids, warts and any growths.	Whilst concentrating on studies the mind is abstracted and wanders off elsewhere.

 

KEY WORD		MIASM	CRITERIAS
DESCTRUCTION & DEGENERATION		SYPHILIS	‘DYSES’ AND IRREGULAR MANIFESTATIONS
Either physical or mental
Physical	Mental		All hypers and excesses are sycotic.
Characterised by structural destruction and degeneration	Characterised by destruction and perversion		e.g. dystrophy, dysplasia, dysphagia
i)  Ulceration (where there is cellular destruction and degeneration)               ii)  Pus formation (characterised by degenerated cellular debris)                    iii)  Necrosis (characterised by structural degeneration)	i)        Love for one’s own life is destroyed (suicidal tendencies).       ii)    Perverted sex and sexual cravings.		Irregular manifestations such as irregular peristaltic movement resulting in dysenteric spasm and stool, or high systolic and low diastolic blood pressure in one individual. Such manifestations reflect irregularity in the circulatory mechanism.
KEY WORD		MIASM	CRITERIAS
DISSATISFACTION		TUBERCULAR	ALTERNATING, PERIODIC, ONE-SIDED AND VAGUE MANIFESTATIONS
Either physical or mental
Physical	Mental
i)        Person craves sugar but  this makes them sick and they become dissatisfied.         ii)        Perverted sexual cravings or profuse masturbation make the person exhausted (this is from the syphilitic component of the miasm), or the person enjoys sex but exhaustion does not permit so they remain unsatisfied.	i)        Changeable mentality (e.g. wants new clothes, changes occupation, studies, jobs partners etc. very frequently and is never satisfied).    ii)        Vagabond mentality (e.g. likes to travel often, cannot stay in one place).		i) Alternation — e.g. constipation alternates with diarrhoea.    ii)  Periodicity — e.g. headache comes on every seventh day.     iii)   One sided diseases — e.g. insomnia, anorexia, migraine, fatigue etc.        iv)    Other conditions which present with ill-defined symptoms or too few symptoms.      v)        All allergic manifestations such as food and dust allergies.              vi)     All haemorrhages.       vii)        All recurrent problems.